Series: Pearson Series in Finance
Hardcover: 552 pages
Publisher: Pearson; 8 edition (January 19, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0132994879
ISBN-13: 978-0132994873
Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 1 x 10.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.9 pounds
Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #35,244 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #38 in Books > Textbooks > Business & Finance > Finance #49 in Books > Business & Money > Finance > Corporate Finance #194 in Books > Textbooks > Business & Finance > Economics
It's a little ridiculous that the book does not have solutions to ANY of the end of chapter problems. You have to go to myfinancelab to get them. But the problem is that if your professor doesn't purchase the lab package you will not be able to access them at all. Even if your professor teaches similar problems.Now I know this is a case of the teacher needing to sign up, but regardless, students should be able to access problem solutions if they paid for the book. There should be an option to pay yourself as a student with out needing to depend on your teacher for a course ID. The school text book industry is clearly a racket that is taking advantage of broke college students who often have to attend college for upward financial mobility.Long story short:IF WE PAY HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS FOR THE BOOK, PUT SOLUTIONS TO THE CHAPTER PROBLEMS IN THE BOOK ITSELF!
The digital version is NOT the same as the hard copy book despite it being the same editions. This causes a lot of problems when trying to complete assignments! The table of contents in the digital book is hard to discern. I usually just end up looking through table of contents in the reader. Also, the digital book was only available to read on a digital device like my Kindle or smart phone. I wasn't able to read on my desktop for some weird reason. Save yourself a headache, spend the extra money, and get the book.
I am not a finance person, not do I enjoy math, but I had to take this class and was very relieved that Keown wasn't wordy. The chapters are clear and to the point. The book provides excellent examples also for the problems. I'm not sure what I would have done without them. Probably failed the class.
The subject jumps around and doesn't allow for much review on examples or have answers in the back of the book to help with the few additional problems. It was connected with an execrated class which makes it even harder
It seems like this book intentionally tries to confuse the readers. There are no answers to the end of chapter problems, which are hard to understand at times because they do not show similar problems in the chapter. I am doing good in the class, but that is because I use the internet to learn. This book does not teach the content well.
This is a good book. If you have a course that requires this book, this is a good book to have. If you don't have a course that requires this book, it is probably still a good book.Hopefully this meets the feedback requirements.
I'm not a math-oriented person and while getting Statistics and Accounting texts, this one is actually followable. While it is still a text book, it explains the problems and shows you best practice through Excel, which is my downfall.
Very very very stupid mini case questions! e.g Chapter 3 mini case question " How are the two companies doing financially today?" How should I know what you think constitutes "financially' and when "today" is in your world? Bad question! Need to be more clear on the questions. Also the authors spent the whole chapter 6 mumbling about discounting but all the questions were on compounding. Why bother?
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